From "The Hunterdon Republican" in Flemington, NJ, 26 June 1935:
"FREDERICK N. CONNET DIES IN PROVIDENCE, R. I
Frederick N. Connet died on Tuesday, June 18, 1935, at Providence R. I. after an illness of several years.
Mr. Connet was born October 16, 1867, in Flemington, the son of Andrew T. and Joanna (Nevius) Connet, and received his early education in the school here. He attended Reading Academy, and later the Stevens Institute, from which he was graduated in 1889 as a mechanical engineer.
Immediately upon his graduation he went to Providence and became employed by the Builders Iron Foundry, working his way to the top as chief engineer, a position from which he retired about five years ago on account of ill health.
It was late in the last century that he invented the earliest integrating Venturi registers, with which his name became associated. While Herschel had invented the tube, the Venturi register which integrated the measurements of the rate of flow and of the total quantity was Mr. Connet's contributions. Some of his earliest registers are still in service in various parts of the world.
In 1907, Mr. Connet obtained patents on the first flow controller operated by a contraction in a pipe line, the first Venturi rate controller. This invention is used in the Providence filtration plant and practically every filtration plant in the United States.
His invention was described as 'more helpful' to water works men than any invention of which I know, by the late J. Waldo Smith, eminent American hydraulic engineer, and for many years consultant to the Board of Water Supply of New York City.
Working with J. H. Gregory and W. W. Jackson, Mr. Connet also patented early devices for feeding chemicals accurately in proportion to flow.
He obtained patents on belt shifters, grinding machines, dynamometer, recorders for reservoir filters, check valves, propeller planers for marine screws, feed water regulator, an electrical signaling device, sine integrator for meters, variable speed drive chemical feed and a meter for viscous oils.
More recently he obtained jointly with George T. Huxford, a patent for the rate of flow controllers.
He also invented a self-calibrating proportional meter, a reversible flow meter, a ratio meter for measuring viscous oils, an anemometer type thermostatic radiator cap and a Venturi tube with a split throat for cleaning.
Altogether, Mr. Connet obtained more than 30 patents, many of them of a basic nature at a time when they gave valuable protection to the flow meter business development of the Builders Iron Foundry.
Some years ago, the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia awarded to Mr. Connet and Mr. Jackson the John Scott Legacy Medal for invention of automatic registering devices for Venturi tubes.
He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and of the Providence Engineering Society.
Mr. Connet was married in 1892 to Esther (Robinson) Connet, who, with a son, Andrew Connet, both of Providence, survive.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Providence, conducted by Rev. H. B. Carpenter.”
"FREDERICK N. CONNET DIES IN PROVIDENCE, R. I
Frederick N. Connet died on Tuesday, June 18, 1935, at Providence R. I. after an illness of several years.
Mr. Connet was born October 16, 1867, in Flemington, the son of Andrew T. and Joanna (Nevius) Connet, and received his early education in the school here. He attended Reading Academy, and later the Stevens Institute, from which he was graduated in 1889 as a mechanical engineer.
Immediately upon his graduation he went to Providence and became employed by the Builders Iron Foundry, working his way to the top as chief engineer, a position from which he retired about five years ago on account of ill health.
It was late in the last century that he invented the earliest integrating Venturi registers, with which his name became associated. While Herschel had invented the tube, the Venturi register which integrated the measurements of the rate of flow and of the total quantity was Mr. Connet's contributions. Some of his earliest registers are still in service in various parts of the world.
In 1907, Mr. Connet obtained patents on the first flow controller operated by a contraction in a pipe line, the first Venturi rate controller. This invention is used in the Providence filtration plant and practically every filtration plant in the United States.
His invention was described as 'more helpful' to water works men than any invention of which I know, by the late J. Waldo Smith, eminent American hydraulic engineer, and for many years consultant to the Board of Water Supply of New York City.
Working with J. H. Gregory and W. W. Jackson, Mr. Connet also patented early devices for feeding chemicals accurately in proportion to flow.
He obtained patents on belt shifters, grinding machines, dynamometer, recorders for reservoir filters, check valves, propeller planers for marine screws, feed water regulator, an electrical signaling device, sine integrator for meters, variable speed drive chemical feed and a meter for viscous oils.
More recently he obtained jointly with George T. Huxford, a patent for the rate of flow controllers.
He also invented a self-calibrating proportional meter, a reversible flow meter, a ratio meter for measuring viscous oils, an anemometer type thermostatic radiator cap and a Venturi tube with a split throat for cleaning.
Altogether, Mr. Connet obtained more than 30 patents, many of them of a basic nature at a time when they gave valuable protection to the flow meter business development of the Builders Iron Foundry.
Some years ago, the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia awarded to Mr. Connet and Mr. Jackson the John Scott Legacy Medal for invention of automatic registering devices for Venturi tubes.
He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and of the Providence Engineering Society.
Mr. Connet was married in 1892 to Esther (Robinson) Connet, who, with a son, Andrew Connet, both of Providence, survive.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Providence, conducted by Rev. H. B. Carpenter.”
From "The Hunterdon Republican" in Flemington, NJ, 26 June 1935:
"FREDERICK N. CONNET DIES IN PROVIDENCE, R. I
Frederick N. Connet died on Tuesday, June 18, 1935, at Providence R. I. after an illness of several years.
Mr. Connet was born October 16, 1867, in Flemington, the son of Andrew T. and Joanna (Nevius) Connet, and received his early education in the school here. He attended Reading Academy, and later the Stevens Institute, from which he was graduated in 1889 as a mechanical engineer.
Immediately upon his graduation he went to Providence and became employed by the Builders Iron Foundry, working his way to the top as chief engineer, a position from which he retired about five years ago on account of ill health.
It was late in the last century that he invented the earliest integrating Venturi registers, with which his name became associated. While Herschel had invented the tube, the Venturi register which integrated the measurements of the rate of flow and of the total quantity was Mr. Connet's contributions. Some of his earliest registers are still in service in various parts of the world.
In 1907, Mr. Connet obtained patents on the first flow controller operated by a contraction in a pipe line, the first Venturi rate controller. This invention is used in the Providence filtration plant and practically every filtration plant in the United States.
His invention was described as 'more helpful' to water works men than any invention of which I know, by the late J. Waldo Smith, eminent American hydraulic engineer, and for many years consultant to the Board of Water Supply of New York City.
Working with J. H. Gregory and W. W. Jackson, Mr. Connet also patented early devices for feeding chemicals accurately in proportion to flow.
He obtained patents on belt shifters, grinding machines, dynamometer, recorders for reservoir filters, check valves, propeller planers for marine screws, feed water regulator, an electrical signaling device, sine integrator for meters, variable speed drive chemical feed and a meter for viscous oils.
More recently he obtained jointly with George T. Huxford, a patent for the rate of flow controllers.
He also invented a self-calibrating proportional meter, a reversible flow meter, a ratio meter for measuring viscous oils, an anemometer type thermostatic radiator cap and a Venturi tube with a split throat for cleaning.
Altogether, Mr. Connet obtained more than 30 patents, many of them of a basic nature at a time when they gave valuable protection to the flow meter business development of the Builders Iron Foundry.
Some years ago, the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia awarded to Mr. Connet and Mr. Jackson the John Scott Legacy Medal for invention of automatic registering devices for Venturi tubes.
He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and of the Providence Engineering Society.
Mr. Connet was married in 1892 to Esther (Robinson) Connet, who, with a son, Andrew Connet, both of Providence, survive.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Providence, conducted by Rev. H. B. Carpenter.”
"FREDERICK N. CONNET DIES IN PROVIDENCE, R. I
Frederick N. Connet died on Tuesday, June 18, 1935, at Providence R. I. after an illness of several years.
Mr. Connet was born October 16, 1867, in Flemington, the son of Andrew T. and Joanna (Nevius) Connet, and received his early education in the school here. He attended Reading Academy, and later the Stevens Institute, from which he was graduated in 1889 as a mechanical engineer.
Immediately upon his graduation he went to Providence and became employed by the Builders Iron Foundry, working his way to the top as chief engineer, a position from which he retired about five years ago on account of ill health.
It was late in the last century that he invented the earliest integrating Venturi registers, with which his name became associated. While Herschel had invented the tube, the Venturi register which integrated the measurements of the rate of flow and of the total quantity was Mr. Connet's contributions. Some of his earliest registers are still in service in various parts of the world.
In 1907, Mr. Connet obtained patents on the first flow controller operated by a contraction in a pipe line, the first Venturi rate controller. This invention is used in the Providence filtration plant and practically every filtration plant in the United States.
His invention was described as 'more helpful' to water works men than any invention of which I know, by the late J. Waldo Smith, eminent American hydraulic engineer, and for many years consultant to the Board of Water Supply of New York City.
Working with J. H. Gregory and W. W. Jackson, Mr. Connet also patented early devices for feeding chemicals accurately in proportion to flow.
He obtained patents on belt shifters, grinding machines, dynamometer, recorders for reservoir filters, check valves, propeller planers for marine screws, feed water regulator, an electrical signaling device, sine integrator for meters, variable speed drive chemical feed and a meter for viscous oils.
More recently he obtained jointly with George T. Huxford, a patent for the rate of flow controllers.
He also invented a self-calibrating proportional meter, a reversible flow meter, a ratio meter for measuring viscous oils, an anemometer type thermostatic radiator cap and a Venturi tube with a split throat for cleaning.
Altogether, Mr. Connet obtained more than 30 patents, many of them of a basic nature at a time when they gave valuable protection to the flow meter business development of the Builders Iron Foundry.
Some years ago, the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia awarded to Mr. Connet and Mr. Jackson the John Scott Legacy Medal for invention of automatic registering devices for Venturi tubes.
He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and of the Providence Engineering Society.
Mr. Connet was married in 1892 to Esther (Robinson) Connet, who, with a son, Andrew Connet, both of Providence, survive.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Providence, conducted by Rev. H. B. Carpenter.”
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